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haemorrhage, and a languid flow of lukewarm arterial 

 blood still kept falling from behind the ear ; while the 

 ear itself, on account of the pressure of the couples in 

 which she had been led, was swelled to an enormous 

 extent from extravasated blood within the skin. The 

 commencement of the frightful wound was very 

 luckily on the hindmost rib. Had it been behind the 

 rib, instead of on the bone, poor Barricade would 

 have been killed upon the spot. A deep incision, 

 laying bare all the ribs as it passed over them, thence 

 continued till the tusk had penetrated behind the top 

 of the shoulder-blade. Behind the blade-bone it had 

 gone to a considerable depth, but come out again at 

 the top on the side next the neck, and then, running 

 upwards the entire length of the neck in a deep gash, 

 the tusk seemed to have entered still more deeply 

 just behind the ear, where it had wounded one of 

 the arteries. Having called for needles and thread, 

 and slackened the couples to see if that would reduce 

 the accumulation of extravasated blood, I commenced 

 by securing the deep puncture at the back of the ear ; 

 and, that having been successfully accomplished, then 

 commenced the sewing up from the end of the wound 

 on the hindmost rib. It ought to be the custom of 

 all masters of boarhounds to take out with them 

 needles proper for this purpose ; but none being at 



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